In an article posted on Sina.com and published in the Global Times on August 8, retired PLA Lt. Gen. Wang Hongguang, who was formerly Deputy Commander of the Nanjing Military Region, commented on the United States announcement (August 2) that it has officially withdrawn from the "Guidelines on the Treaty" signed in 1987 with the Soviet Union. He pointed out that this was followed a day later (August 3) by the new US Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper announcing that the US would deploy the land-based medium-range and short-range missiles of the new R&D (the new development of the ghosts) in the Asian region. The medium-range and short-range missiles range from 500 kilometers to 5,500 kilometers. At this distance, the West Pacific direction generally includes the second island chain (including northern Australia), the Indian Ocean direction of the Gordigas, the Central Asian countries to the United States allies, and the North American direction to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It can be said that the arc of the medium-range missile is deployed along the C-shaped encirclement circle pointed out by the military strategy expert Dai Xu in previous years. He said its focus is on Asia, the first and second island chains, and the short-range missiles are on the first island chain. Lt. Gen. Wang Hongguang said the new US  land-based medium-range and short-range missiles threaten and attack China's strategy  and destroy its potential for war. He elaborated: The medium-range missile with a range of 5,000 kilometers is deployed in Guam, which poses a direct threat to almost the entire territory east of Urumqi;

The Indian Ocean Diego Garcia US military base can pose a threat to the strategic hinterland of Yunnan and Guizhou; The medium-range missiles deployed in the Central Asian West allies can threaten Xinjiang, Tibet, and the western half of China in the west of Xining, and of course threaten the entire European part of Russia; and Deployment in the US Aleutian Islands can threaten my capital Beijing and the Northeast, as well as the Russian Far East. As a result, the entire territory of China will be threatened by the US medium-range missiles from the C-shaped encirclement, and some land areas may even overlap threats. He concluded that strong technical reserves could soon provide combat effectiveness.